S
tudent’s Silence E
xperience on EFL Classroom: Factors and Solutions
Bintang Wiratama Pranasti
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English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University
Abstract
This study is aimed at investigating factors that influence student’s silence and also finding
out student’s effort to overcome silence. There were 100 students who enrolled BIP 4 class of
Faculty of Information Technology (FIT), Satya Wacana Christian University (SWCU) who
participated in filling close-ended and open-ended questionnaires. In discovering factors of silence,
this study analyzed qualitatively as well as quantitatively so that finally the results of the study
found that there are four major factors that influence the students to keep silent in the classroom.
The four factors are student’s English proficiency, fear of making mistake, teacher methodology,
and also alleged with anxiety. Furthermore, this study also discovered that taking an active part
of the discussion is the most beneficial effort of the students to overcome silence so that they can
increase their participation rate in the classroom. This study is useful for the teachers to create a
good atmosphere in the classroom as well as reducing silent behavior in classroom.
